List of Illustrations
vii
Maps: Paris in the Nineteenth Century
x
Les Banlieues
Prologue 1(4)
Part One: The Birth of Impressionism
Napoleon III's Paris
5(14)
The Circle Widens
19(14)
Cafe Life
33(15)
Modelling
48(19)
Part Two: War
The Siege
67(17)
The Paris Commune
84(4)
`The Week of Blood'
88(9)
Part Three: Formations
Recovery
97(19)
The Group Charter
116(23)
Part Four: Dancing at the Moulin de la Galette
Dealers and Salesrooms
139(21)
Summer in Montmartre
160(13)
Part Five: The Atmosphere of the Boulevard
Street Life
173(14)
La Vie Moderne
187(26)
Part Six: Divisions
New Tensions
213(21)
The Group Divides
234(19)
Part Seven: Final Years
The Impressionists in New York
253(14)
Epilogue 267(4)
Endnote: The Impressionist Market 271(3)
Acknowledgements 274(1)
Notes 275(40)
Bibliography 315(8)
Index 323